Indian players have shone for Royals

One thing that separates the two teams, though, is the talented and performing Indian players in the Royals side.

Ajinkya Rahane, Dravid along with S Sreesanth and Sidharth Trivedi have been the most successful batsmen and bowlers in the tournament so far.

In-form RCB batsmen Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and A B de Villiers will be up against the likes of Sreesanth, Trivedi and wily spinner Kevin Cooper.

The home fans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will be eager to watch the battle between Gayle and temperamental Sreesanth, who is expected to take the field since reopening the 'slapgate' wounds with his explosive tweets last week.